The heartening transactions of the past week, added the Premier, have been generally applauded, but some quarters, "mostly remote, beyond the seas," there have been a few discordant voices. Mr, Mac-
Donald declared such people to be out-of-date, They hud no coneeption, he said, of the new spirit that was' determined to dominate the world—the spirit of open diplomacy, Of men coming together, not for the purpose of dividing the world into groups, but in order to help the world come to a general agreement. He emphasized that there was nothing discussed by himself and Mr. Hoover which the American and British Governments would not be happy to sce discussed on the same basis with all the Powers of the world, "The understanding we have Been trying to establish," he sai "will always be incomplete and w satisfactory until it has become the common possession of all nations, We have not come together for the purpose of enthroning peace -over the Atlantic, but for the pur-Pose of trying to enthrone peace throughout the world," was a state. ment which provoked tumultuous applause. Mr, MacDonald then declared that there was no better way of preventing the development of the national fears and suspicions that led to war than to prevent competition in armaments. By limit-lopment of armaments, you compel your states-compa] yourselves, to trust the security of Tustiee." 7
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